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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 20

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

238 head

▲ 102 vs last sale 136▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 54▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00 lower, mostly 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.90/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$111.90

88 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$26.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.83

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	117.03	606	59
Medium and Large 2	498	104.30	520	23
Medium and Large 3	391	90.60	354	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

111.90

—

AR average8 barns · 2,152 hd

124.72

−12.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,507	68.21	1,028	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	44.49	599	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	40.92	396	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,040	36.70	382	20

Every lot

84 lots · USDA AMS · County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	505	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	136.62/cwt	129.00–144.00	430	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	153.03/cwt	152.00–154.00	566	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	143.23/cwt	139.00–146.00	610	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	128.42/cwt	120.00–135.00	547	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	107.78/cwt	88.00–119.00	504	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	137.21/cwt	133.00–145.00	650	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	119.74/cwt	115.00–130.00	580	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	126.03/cwt	125.00–127.00	662	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	137.10/cwt	135.00–140.00	723	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	594	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	599	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	133.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	763	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	129.69/cwt	126.00–135.00	826	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	134.79/cwt	130.00–139.00	902	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	296	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	382	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	428	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	124.32/cwt	124.00–125.00	464	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	376	91.94/cwt	90.00–98.00	346	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	389	116.15/cwt	110.00–118.00	452	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	87.93/cwt	82.00–94.00	369	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	102.11/cwt	100.00–104.00	432	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	120.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	525	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	108.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	514	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	120.97/cwt	115.00–124.00	590	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	485	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	94.18/cwt	82.00–105.00	495	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	116.93/cwt	110.00–121.00	616	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	119.57/cwt	117.00–122.00	672	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	100.72/cwt	92.00–110.00	572	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	117.58/cwt	114.00–122.00	734	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	640	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	698	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	528	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	104.19/cwt	102.00–111.00	719	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	93.00/cwt	91.00–95.00	660	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	742	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	455	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	445	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	476	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	593	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	111.51/cwt	105.00–119.00	628	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	566	122.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	695	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	567	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	629	112.66/cwt	90.00–120.00	709	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	660	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	746	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	713	97.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	695	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,409	57.85/cwt	30.00–70.50	815	4
Bulls	—	—	1,573	74.46/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,171	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	82.68/cwt	79.00–86.50	1,354	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	770	24.00/cwt	24.00–24.00	185	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	835	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	251	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	868	25.99/cwt	25.00–27.00	226	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	374	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	383	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,039	31.81/cwt	31.00–33.00	331	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,068	46.50/cwt	45.00–48.00	497	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	40.00/cwt	37.00–43.00	436	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	49.75/cwt	49.50–50.00	555	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	48.68/cwt	46.50–50.50	645	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	41.69/cwt	41.00–42.00	567	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	59.41/cwt	56.00–62.00	468	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	574.34/cwt	500.00–635.00	6,519	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,460	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	676	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	48.46/cwt	43.00–53.00	571	2

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Wed Nov 20, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 136Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 54Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	787	56.00–62.00	59.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,135	500.00–635.00	574.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,178	43.00–53.00	48.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	69.00	69.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	840	650.00	650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	129.00–144.00	136.62
2	—	525	125.00–127.00	126.03
7	—	426	120.00–135.00	128.42
9	—	484	115.00–130.00	119.74
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
1	—	560	129.00	129.00
1	—	350	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	111.00	111.00
1	—	565	106.00	106.00
6	—	468	88.00–119.00	107.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	135.00–140.00	137.10
11	—	474	133.00–145.00	137.21
4	—	669	130.00–139.00	134.79
4	—	426	139.00–146.00	143.23
3	—	637	126.00–135.00	129.69
3	—	572	130.00–140.00	133.44
2	—	370	152.00–154.00	153.03
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
1	—	310	163.00	163.00
1	—	295	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
1	—	765	97.00	97.00
1	—	510	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	105.00	105.00
1	—	640	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	124.00	124.00
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
3	—	296	129.00	129.00
3	—	373	124.00–125.00	124.32
14	—	488	115.00–124.00	120.97
11	—	527	110.00–121.00	116.93
7	—	434	115.00–125.00	120.89
5	—	624	114.00–122.00	117.58
5	—	562	117.00–122.00	119.57
4	—	690	102.00–111.00	104.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	90.00–98.00	91.94
2	—	420	82.00–94.00	87.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	105.00–110.00	108.74
4	—	526	82.00–105.00	94.18
4	—	389	110.00–118.00	116.15
2	—	710	91.00–95.00	93.00
2	—	568	92.00–110.00	100.72
2	—	423	100.00–104.00	102.11
1	—	610	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	567	100.00	100.00
2	—	370	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	105.00–119.00	111.51
4	—	629	90.00–120.00	112.66
3	—	433	105.00	105.00
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
1	—	675	96.00	96.00
1	—	525	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	120.00–125.00	122.73
2	—	810	105.00	105.00
2	—	663	110.00–115.00	112.45
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	95.00–100.00	97.49
1	—	545	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	24.00	24.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	49.50–50.00	49.75
2	—	958	40.00	40.00
1	—	890	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,360	41.00–42.00	41.69
2	—	1,325	46.50–50.50	48.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,090	37.00–43.00	40.00
5	—	1,039	31.00–33.00	31.81
2	—	1,068	45.00–48.00	46.50
2	—	868	25.00–27.00	25.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	79.00–86.50	82.68
2	—	1,573	74.00–75.00	74.46
4	—	1,409	30.00–70.50	57.85

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.